Hey Bungie. Nice Job on Halo 3 but I have some issues.
1: Before Halo 3 came out I recently purchased a 37" LCD HDTV 1080p. Upon recieving my Halo3 Legendary Edition, I immediately dived in and played campaign. Perfect, no problems. Then Played Co-Op. Horrible. I cant read the subtitles, and I cant tell what Grenade I have. As you said, It shrinks to a 4:3 instead of 16:9. This is the same for 2 player multiplayer and 3 player multiplayer. I havent tried 4 but Im sure its the same. This of course is an issue to hundreds if not thousands of players. If this was in beta-version, they should have addressed players who were disheartened by this feature and made an available :classic view: option in your Halo 3 screen settings. Its not that hard.
Saying that, our school has a game area with a 62" Plasma that is also HDTV and 1080p. They were playing co-op and had NO SCALING PROBLEMS.
Why? I asked them about my problem, and they said they have never had that problem. I dont understand? Bungie, I can understand youre trying to fix the viewing capabilities issue, but what about the people who dont have a 62" plasma? I have a 37" and its a problem. So far, this new "feature" (and a few menu features) has dwindled my experience of halo 3. Despite being busy with school, I dont really look forward to playing this game, because I enjoy playing it with other people. I dont want this to ruin the reputation of Halo or Bungie that has been givin to me(because I love you guys). There needs to be an address to the problem as soon as possible. Come out with a weekly update mentioning this, and that you are working on a solution, which honestly shouldnt be to difficult and shouldnt take to long.
B: Instead of having to sign in a temporary profile or from the xbox dashboard (same with additional players) Why not have it exactly the way Halo 2 was? It was perfect. And you can assign a unique look to your player and it would save it to that profile, instead of only having this option for the 1st player only. It sucks. If this is even possible I wouldnt know how to do it without reading a manual.....
C: The Menus itself is just plain confusing. It took me 30 minutes to figure out where everything was.
In Multiplayer:
A: I feel handicapped when playing. Everytime Im getting shot at, I would seem like I die in almost half the time as I did in halo 2.
B: The punches. In halo 2 it took 2 times to kill from the front, sometimes one, and one in the back. Now its all 1. I remember in halo 2, it started out as the punches being weak, then you addressed that you guys agreed it was weak and updated it so that it was more powerful. Which it was. Now in halo 3 I feel like the Hulk when I punch somebody.
c: Put swat in for matchmaking (available for unranked so that guests can play :)
Bungie, if you addressed these issues. This game would be pure GOLD. But right now, id prefer playing halo 2, over halo 3....
Which saddens me greatly because I waited like 3 years for this game. Hell I painted a 12' by 9' foot mural of halo while I waited O_O
( i go to Ringling College so it no sucky) SO PLEAASSSEE BUNGIE. MAKE US HAPPPYYYYY :D